Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

BAT4114 - Cargo

Batavia

Cargo artefact recovered from Batavia

Nails from concretion

Site Area Code Mid-West

Site Location Concretion/ C5 South to C2

Number of Items 17

Material Cargo

Museum Reference

Registration Number 4114

ID 8862

Status Commonwealth

ANCODS 1979 Commonwealth Govt. Allocation: ANMM (00046377)

Map of shipwreck

Batavia

Under commandeur Francisco Pelsaert, and Ariaen Jacobsz skipper, newly built Batavia sailed from Texel 27 October 1628 for the Dutch East Indies with bullion, goods and silver. On 4 June 1629 the ship struck a reef near Beacon Island in the Houtman Abrolhos. Of the 322 aboard 40 drowned and the rest got ashore. In search of water and food Jacobsz, Pelsaert and others left site in a 30-foot (9....